1.0 | Introduction
The new motto of East Renfrewshire Council is ‘Your Council, Your Future’ – and the future is exactly what this important document deals with.
Like the rest of Scotland, East Renfrewshire faces great changes in its population in the coming years. We expect our population to increase, to have more elderly residents, to see a decline in death rates and to have an increase in the number of households, as more people live alone. East Renfrewshire is already one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse communities in the country and we expect this trend to continue.
These expected significant changes will be highly pertinent to decisions we make on future service provision, affecting education, housing, care and a host of vital services the council provides for the people of East Renfrewshire.
The statistics and trends presented in this report are mainly based on NRS Census information, NRS mid year estimates and supplemented by our own information on the demand for our services over recent years.
It is important to note however that these projections, while likely, are not set in stone. They are based on current and predicted future trends and it is possible that those trends may change. Even the census data can never be wholly accurate and some small inconsistencies may occur when comparing different data sets.
This is the third year of pulling this information into one document. This information allows us to better plan for the future and will inform key decisions on policy. The council regularly updates and refines the information in this report as more up-to-date information becomes available.
I hope you find this report interesting and that it gives some understanding of how and why East Renfrewshire Council makes some of the decisions that it does, such as on our budgets and the Local Development Plan.
Lorraine McMillan Chief Executive
Councillor Jim Fletcher Leader
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Planning for the Future of East Renfrewshire
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